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Lady beetle larva and prey - Day 2 - Harmonia axyridis - female
Copyright © 2009 Abigail Parker

Lady beetle larva and prey - Day 2 - Harmonia axyridis - Female
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 26, 2009
Size: 2.8 mm
First instar - completely black.

To get a lady beetle to stand still for a photograph, feed it - as soon as this larva grabbed the aphid, it stood still until it finished eating.

Prey: Chrysanthemum aphid, Macrosiphoniella sanborni.

Plant: Maple (Acer sp.), the same leaf where the eggs were laid.

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Contributed by Abigail Parker on 8 July, 2009 - 3:07pm
Last updated 11 October, 2009 - 6:55pm

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